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IP ratings: The importance of understanding your manufacturing environment

IP ratings: The importance of understanding your manufacturing environment

iPhone users can dive to a maximum depth of 6m for up to 30 minutes with the new iPhone 15, rated IP68. Ingress protection (IP) ratings provide valuable information about the protection level of an electrical enclosure against the intrusion of solid objects and liquids. Here, David Strain, Technical Director of Technidrive, explores the importance of IP ratings in protecting equipment from common environmental hazards in industrial applications.

Solid solutions: Concrete installation optimises data centre’s electrical network

Solid solutions: Concrete installation optimises data centre’s electrical network

Developing a high-tech data centre to house blue-chip companies demands a quality finish. Setting the electrics within the structure’s concrete walls achieves a premium design, but with businesses waiting to relocate, the project has to be completed on schedule. CMB Electrical is completing a £2.5m electrical installation in partnership with Spelsberg UK, which is providing its IBT enclosures for use within the in-situ concrete cast.

Opening a window to smarter plant data

Opening a window to smarter plant data

The gritty reality of a production floor can feel a far cry from the yellow brick road of a digital journey. Yet, there’s no end of advice for engineering teams to travel the Industry 4.0 “journey” and reap the promised rewards of greater added value for their businesses. If you feel somewhat daunted, that’s understandable.

When your electrical equipment is outdoors, don’t forget about climate control!

When your electrical equipment is outdoors, don’t forget about climate control!

In the world of electrical infrastructure, the notion of outdoor installations often comes with a misconception – a belief that once equipment is placed outside, nature will regulate its temperature. However, this couldn’t be further from the truth. Sitting equipment in the great outdoors is not a ‘fit and forget’ solution, if anything, once something goes outside, the need for a secure and protective environment increases drastically.

Control Techniques revisited

Control Techniques revisited

It was during the 1990s that I first heard about inverter drives and, as a young, impressionable media rep, learnt how this piece of kit would change automation and conserve huge amounts of energy.

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